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Sunday, June 18, 2023

BBC: Spain drought forces Fuente de Piedra flamingos to find new home

BBC: Rare earthquake damages French homes, schools and churches

The Guardian: Bug swarm: Nevada crawling with thick carpet of Mormon crickets

Courthouse News Service: Federal judge orders oil and gas pipeline removed from Wisconsin tribe’s land

The Guardian: Two Americans found dead at Mexico resort died from inhaling toxic gas

LA Times: What if you can’t afford long-term care?

LA Times: Column: State Farm is right. California can’t keep building housing in high-risk places

The Guardian: ‘Western arrogance’: how the wellness movement co-opted an Amazon frog toxin with deadly effects

The Guardian: The Magnificent Ambersons: rebirth for ruined Orson Welles masterpiece that rivalled Citizen Kane

The Guardian: Power companies spend millions to fight Maine’s proposed non-profit utility

Courthouse News Service: Finland gets new right-wing government

Courthouse News Service: Can wild horses be managed on public lands? Experts disagree

KTLA: Man arrested for series of ATM heists across Southern California

KTLA: Foreign criminals a growing problem in Southern California

KTLA: 8 people shot at Carson house party, leaving 2 in critical condition

KCRA: Loved ones grieve Amazon big rig driver shot and killed on I-5: 'We'll take care of his family'

KRCR: Cal Fire on the scene of a wildfire in Scott Valley Saturday afternoon

Marin Independent Journal: Arson suspect arrested in California wildfire that destroyed 127 homes

Press Democrat: Here’s what Graton Resort and Casino will look like after its $1 billion expansion

Press Democrat: Board hands down harsher penalty for Felta Creek timber owner’s water quality violations

SF Chronicle: Elevated levels of bacteria found at Stinson Beach, Marin County officials say

SFGate: Huy Fong Foods Sriracha now sells for $29.99 in some Bay Area stores

SF Chronicle: A highly ambitious plan to restore California's underwater forests has begun

SF Chronicle: All-electric flying taxis? Yes, and they’ll be at SFO by 2026, says United Airlines

SF Chronicle: A Bay Area bald eagle couple adopted two baby red-tailed hawks. Here’s what happened next

SFGate: Professional kayaker missing on California river, 4 rescued

SFGate: Google gets go-ahead to build 153-acre Bay Area neighborhood by headquarters

SFGate: Routes: United will begin flying innovative electric air taxis across Bay Area

Thursday, June 15, 2023

The Atlantic: Winners of the 2023 BigPicture Natural World Photography Competition

AP News: Virgin Galactic to send Italian researchers to space, then regular commercial flights

AP News: Hundreds of tribal members, mostly Navajo, living on Phoenix streets amid fake sober home crackdown

AP News: At least 79 dead after overcrowded migrant vessel sinks off Greece; hundreds may be missing

CNN: 2 Americans found dead in hotel room in Mexican resort town, US official says

CNN: An American tourist has died following an attack near Germany’s Neuschwanstein Castle

NY Times: Oregon Town’s Marijuana Boom Yields Envy in Idaho

NY Times: Hey Dad, Can You Help Me Return the Picasso I Stole?

SF Chronicle: California releases first data from new hotline to report hate incidents

LA Times: Record wet winter inflicted more than $210 million in damage to California parks

LA Times: Supreme Court upholds adoption law seeking to protect Native American children

SF Chronicle: Protesters hate the elk fence at this Bay Area national park. Now it might come down

Courthouse News Service: Chinese spies breached hundreds of public, private networks, security firm says

Courthouse News Service: Texas governor signs ban on college diversity programs into law

Courthouse News Service: Push to add "conservation" to BLM's land use policy hit snag

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Providence nurses in Portland and Seaside plan 5-day strike starting Monday

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Wolf killed in Oregon crash believed to have been fed by people in cars

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Punitive damages add to mounting costs for PacifiCorp’s role in 2020 wildfires

Oregon Public Broadcasting: Oregon lawmakers make deal to end Senate walkout. Here’s how key bills were changed

Politico: California power struggle leaves bitter aftertaste in the Legislature

NPR: Live Nation and Ticketmaster tell Biden they're going to show fees up front

Indian Country Today: Nevada mines test 150-year-old mining law